Bedenac

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17038

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bedenac (INSEE 17038) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 699 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17038-bedenac

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 62 % of the 16,401 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.91	10	9.15
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CANTINIERE DE BEDENAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE BEDENAC). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BEDENAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COCO COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LA CANTINIERE DE BEDENAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE BEDENAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BEDENAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	COCO COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 475 2023: 699 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 666 (2012) → 699 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 494 (1990) → 699 (2023): 41.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 5.1 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.8 km EFood shop — 7.1 km SWGP — 7.3 km NWPharmacy — 7.3 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Clérac): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laruscade): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bussac-Forêt): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Laruscade): 7.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bedenac): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.2

Days at or below 0 °C 37

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 6.1 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 62 m. ^[12]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 6.1 km away at 89 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17038/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17038/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17038/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17038/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17110
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33233
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17074
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17038
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moras-en-Valloire	26	415 km E	682	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 93 %
Montaut-les-Créneaux	32	181 km SE	697	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Antoine-de-Ficalba	47	123 km SE	721	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 %
Villecerf	77	426 km NE	724	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %
La Clotte	17	13 km SE	708	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Clément-les-Places	69	374 km E	684	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 39 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Clotte	17	13 km SE	708	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Antoine-de-Ficalba	47	123 km SE	721	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 %
Montaut-les-Créneaux	32	181 km SE	697	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Clément-les-Places	69	374 km E	684	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 39 %
Moras-en-Valloire	26	415 km E	682	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 93 %
Villecerf	77	426 km NE	724	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %

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